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Phil Town

PJT_Short_(II)_(SFB)Phil is British and works as a teacher (of English) and translator at a law firm in Lisbon.

He’s been writing short stories off and on for a long time but has intensified his efforts in the last year through Writers’ Hangout (LinkedIn) and now SFB. Other writing work includes articles on Portuguese football for the British magazine When Saturday Comes, and for his own website dedicated to the same subject. He has an MA in Screenwriting from Bournemouth University, completed in 2012.

His passions are writing, cinema, music and football.

 

Phil’s stories on SFB:

(March 2016)
Teeth
(Feb 2016)
Bus / Dust / Empty
(Jan 2016)
Terrance / Sammy / Poplars
(Dec 2015)
Neighbour / Spirit / Blood
(Nov 2015)
Truth / Hands
(Sep 2015)
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